Federal Writting Desk

I needed a place to store the mail that accumulates over the course of the year and after choosing the plans and a look-a-like for walnut. Mistake! It seems that Heat treated Maple looks great but has a bad habit of cracking at the most inopportune times and at the most distressing places. After spending way too much time gluing boards back together I got it finished. It does its intended task which is all I can ask.

great looking desk. I’ve wanted to try a project using roasted maple. I had heard it could be brittle and based on your experience I will stay way from it. You desk, however looks great a…. very classic look.

Beautiful desk, great work on this. Not to sure about the roasting of wood though, based on your comments about it, it seems to be a bit brittle. Was it hard to mill and detail ?, worth the effort versus staining?

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